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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Curriculum

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
ABT 101 - Introduction to Biotechnology 1 Credit Hours
OR
ABT 310 - Introduction to Biotechnology for New Majors and Transfer Students 1 Credit Hours
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
CHE 105 - General College Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
CHE 111 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
MA 113 - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours
OR
MA 123 - Elementary Calculus and its Applications 4 Credit Hours
OR
MA 137 - Calculus I with Life Science Applications 4 Credit Hours (any of the three courses fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
ABT 120 - Genetics and Society 3 Credit Hours
BIO 148 - Introductory Biology I 3 Credit Hours
CHE 107 - General College Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 113 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
Elective Credit(s): 1

Year 2

First Semester

ABT 201 - Scientific Method in Biotechnology 1 Credit Hours (with ABT 301, GCCR)
BIO 152 - Introductory Biology II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 230 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
CHE 231 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1 Credit Hours
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

ABT 394 - Introduction to Laboratory Practices 1 Credit Hours
CHE 232 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 233 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1 Credit Hours
BST 230 - Statistical Thinking in Public Health 3 Credit Hours
OR
STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours (either course fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 1

Year 3

First Semester

ABT 301 - Writing and Presentations in the Life Sciences 2 Credit Hours (with ABT 201, GCCR)
ABT 360 - Genetics 3 Credit Hours
PHY 211 - General Physics 5 Credit Hours
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Specialty Support 1 Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

BCH 401G - Fundamentals of Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
BIO 308 - General Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
BIO 309 - Microbiology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
PHY 213 - General Physics 5 Credit Hours
Specialty Support 2 Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

ABT 395 - Independent Study in Biotechnology 3 Credit Hours
ABT 495 - Experimental Methods in Biotechnology 4 Credit Hours
Specialty Support 3 Credit(s): 3
Specialty Support 4 Credit(s): 3
Specialty Support 5 Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

ABT 460 - Introduction to Molecular Genetics 3 Credit Hours
ABT 461G - Introduction to Population Genetics 3 Credit Hours
Specialty Support 6 Credit(s): 3
Specialty Support 7 Credit(s): 3